| "Jungle Boogie" | |
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| Single by Kool & the Gang | |
| from the album Wild and Peaceful | |
| A-side | Jungle Boogie |
| B-side | North, South, East, West |
| Released | November 24, 1973 |
| Genre | Funk |
| Length | 3:04 |
| Label | Mercury |
| Writer(s) | Kool & the Gang, Gene Redd |
"Jungle Boogie" is a funk song recorded by Kool & the Gang for their 1973 album Wild and Peaceful. It scored number four as a single and became very popular in nightclubs.[1] The song's spoken main vocal was performed by the band's roadie Don Boyce. An instrumental version of the tune with an overdubbed flute part and additional percussion instruments titled "Jungle Jazz" appeared on the album Spirit of the Boogie.
"Jungle Boogie" and "Jungle Jazz" have been repeatedly sampled in e.g., EPMD's 1988 album Strictly Business, Beastie Boys' 1989 release "Hey Ladies", Madonna's 1992 top ten success "Erotica", Janet Jackson's 1994 top ten single "You Want This" and M/A/R/R/S' "Pump Up the Volume" in 1987. 24-7 Spyz covered this song on their first album, Harder Than You.
The song was also featured in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film, Pulp Fiction, and the Xbox 360 Kinect game, Dance Central.
The French performed this song in Disney's 2004 direct-to-video animated film The Lion King 1½. It was also featured on the soundtrack album for the Disney show, That's So Raven. The Chipmunks and The Chipettes covered this song in the Limited Edition of the Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked: Music from the Motion Picture album.
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